Tag: conviction
Brazilians take to the streets to celebrate Bolsonaro conviction
Indigenous groups and other minorities praise verdict while US officials issue warnings of possible sanctions Operation World Cup: the murder plot at the heart of Brazil’s trial of the century Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years for plotting military coup in Brazil Thousands of Brazilians have taken to the streets to rejoice at Jair Bolsonaro’s conviction…
The Still Bizarre Case of Amanda Knox’s Wrongful Murder Conviction
Amanda Knox, who spent four years in an Italian prison before eventually being cleared of the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher, is still unpacking her own story. Italian authorities thought they knew who killed Meredith Kercher in November 2007. So they arrested Amanda Knox, a 20-year-old American college student who had been sharing a flat…
Kenyan man who spent decade on death row sues London police for role in wrongful conviction
New emails reveal ‘panic’ inside the Home Office at the case of Ali Kololo, who was wrongly imprisoned for the 2011 murder of British tourist David Tebbutt A Kenyan man who was wrongly convicted and sentenced to death over an attack on British tourists is suing the Metropolitan police over its role in the case.…
Pelicot’s Daughter Pursues Conviction That He Raped Her, Too
Her mother, Gisèle, was at the center of a trial that gripped France and made her a feminist icon. But it left Caroline Darian with her own pains and suspicions unanswered. By Catherine Porter Catherine Porter reported on the mass rape trial of Dominique Pelicot and 50 other men over four months from southern France.…
Trump set for sentencing in his New York felony conviction
Ximena Bustillo After months of legal twists and turns, Donald Trump’s most active criminal case is finally reaching a conclusion. The former and future president is scheduled to appear in a Manhattan courtroom on Friday for his sentencing on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to conceal a payment to an adult film star.…